¹² Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi, Charles T. Russell kanye nalebekabambisene nabo, bacala kusebenta ngekutimisela kute babuyisele emaciniso eliBhayibheli, futsi kwaba shengatsi “imisipha kanye nenyama” kuyavela kulamatsambo. I-Zion’s Watch Tower kanye naletinye tincwadzi tasita bantfu labanetinhlitiyo leticotfo kutsi batfole emaciniso lavela eBhayibhelini, labasita kutsi batihlanganise netinceku taNkulunkulu letigcotjiwe. Ekucaleni kwabo-1900, bantfu baNkulunkulu labagcotjiwe bachubeka baciniswa, kusetjentiswa emathulusi lafana ne-“Photo-Drama of Creation” kanye nencwadzi letsi The Finished Mystery. Ngekushesha ngemuva kwaloko, sikhatsi sekutsi Nkulunkulu ente bantfu bakhe ‘beme ngetinyawo’ sefika. (Hez. 37:10) Loko kwenteka nini futsi kanjani? Tintfo letenteka eBhabhulona yasendvulo tiyasisita kutsi siphendvule lombuto.

“Yase Icala Kuphila Futsi Yema Ngetinyawo”

13. (a) Emavi latfolakala kuHezekeli 37:10, 14 agcwaliseka njani kusukela nga-537 B.C.E., kuchubeke? (b) Ngumiphi imibhalo lekhombisa kutsi lamanye emalunga embuso wetive letilishumi abuyela ka-Israyeli?

¹³ Kusukela nga-537 B.C.E., emaJuda lebekaseBhabhulona abona kugcwaliseka kwalombono. Kanjani? Jehova wabenta baphila futsi ‘bema ngetinyawo’ ngekutsi abakhulule ekutfunjweni futsi ababuyisele ka-Israyeli. Licembu lema-Israyeli langu-42 360 kanye nalabanye lebebangasiwo ema-Israyeli labangaba ngu-7 000 bashiya iBhabhulona kute bayokwakha kabusha iJerusalema nelithempeli lalo futsi bahlale kulelo live. (Ezra 1:1-4; 2:64, 65; Hez. 37:14) Ngemuva kweminyaka lengaba ngu-70 labatfunjiwe labangaba ngu-1 750 bahamba na-Ezra nakabuyela eJerusalema. (Ezra 8:1-20) Naseka onkhe emaJuda labuyela emuva bekangetulu kwa-44 000—leli ‘bekulibutfo lelikhulu kakhulu.’ (Hez. 37:10) Ngetulu kwaloko, liVi laNkulunkulu liveta kutsi emalunga embuso wetive letilishumi, lawo bokhokho bawo bewatfunjwe ngema-Asiriya ngelikhulu lesi-8 B.C.E., nawo abuyela ka-Israyeli kute asite ekwakheni kabusha lithempeli.—1 Khr. 9:3; Ezra 6:17; Jer. 33:7; Hez. 36:10.

14. (a) Emavi lakuHezekeli 37:24 asisita njani kutsi sicondze sikhatsi sekugcwaliseka kwalesiphrofetho lesibalulekile? (b) Kwentekani nga-1919? (Buka libhokisi lelitsi “‘Ematsambo Lomile’ Kanye ‘Nabofakazi Lababili’—Kuhlobana Njani?”)

¹⁴ Lencenye yesiphrofetho saHezekeli yagcwaliseka njani ngelizinga lelikhulu? Njengobe Jehova embulela Hezekeli esiphrofethweni lesifanako, kugcwaliseka lokukhulu kwalesiphrofetho lesimayelana nekubuyiselwa bekutawenteka esikhatsini lesitsite ngemuva kwekutsi Davide Lomkhulu, lokunguJesu Khristu, acale kubusa njengeNkhosi.b (Hez. 37:24) Ngako, nga-1919 Jehova wafaka umoya wakhe kubantfu bakhe. Umphumela waba kutsi ‘baphila’ futsi bakhululwa ekutfunjweni yiBhabhulona Lenkhulu. (Isa. 66:8) Ngemuva kwaloko, Jehova wabavumela kutsi bahlale ‘eveni’ labo, lokusho kuba nekuthula naNkulunkulu. Nobe kunjalo, bantfu baJehova lamuhla babe njani “libutfo lelikhulu”?

15, 16. (a) Bantfu baJehova esikhatsini salamuhla, babe njani “libutfo lelikhulu”? (b) Lesiphrofetho saHezekeli sisisita njani kutsi sikhone kumelane netimo letimatima ekuphileni? (Buka libhokisi lelitsi “Lokungasisita Sivuke Sime Ngetinyawo.”)

¹⁵ Kungakapheli sikhatsi lesingakanani ngemuva kwekutsi Khristu abeke sisebenti lesetsembekile nga-1919, tinceku taNkulunkulu tacala kubona kugcwaliseka kwemavi aZakhariya umphrofethi lowabuya nema-Israyeli ekutfunjweni, njengobe bekatsi: “Tive letinemandla kanye nebantfu labanyenti batewukhonta Jehova.” Lomphrofethi wachaza labantfu lebebakhonta Jehova ngekutsi ngemadvodza “langu-10 lavela kuto tonkhe tilwimi netive.” Lamadvodza bekatawubambisisa ‘umJuda,’ lokungu-Israyeli waNkulunkulu atsi: “Sifuna kuhamba nani, ngobe sivile kutsi Nkulunkulu unani.”—Zak. 8:20-23.

¹⁶ Lamuhla, Israyeli waNkulunkulu (lokungulabagcotjiwe labasele) kanye ‘nemadvodza langu-10’ (lokunguletinye timvu) bakha “libutfo lelikhulu kakhulu” lelitigidzi letinyenti. (Hez. 37:10) Njengobe singemasotja aKhristu kulelibutfo lelichubeka landza, siyilandzela edvute iNkhosi Jesu, njengobe sibuke tibusiso letisembikwetfu.—Hla. 37:29; Hez. 37:24; Fil. 2:25; 1 Thes. 4:16, 17.

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  ‘Base bacala kuphila futsi bema ngetinyawo’

  Ngemuva kwekutsi ‘baphindze baphile,’ bantfu baJehova nga-1919 bachubeka ngekutimisela nemsebenti wekushumayela

¹² Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi, Charles T. Russell kanye nalebekabambisene nabo, bacala kusebenta ngekutimisela kute babuyisele emaciniso eliBhayibheli, futsi kwaba shengatsi “imisipha kanye nenyama” kuyavela kulamatsambo. I-Zion’s Watch Tower kanye naletinye tincwadzi tasita bantfu labanetinhlitiyo leticotfo kutsi batfole emaciniso lavela eBhayibhelini, labasita kutsi batihlanganise netinceku taNkulunkulu letigcotjiwe. Ekucaleni kwabo-1900, bantfu baNkulunkulu labagcotjiwe bachubeka baciniswa, kusetjentiswa emathulusi lafana ne-“Photo-Drama of Creation” kanye nencwadzi letsi The Finished Mystery. Ngekushesha ngemuva kwaloko, sikhatsi sekutsi Nkulunkulu ente bantfu bakhe ‘beme ngetinyawo’ sefika. (Hez. 37:10) Loko kwenteka nini futsi kanjani? Tintfo letenteka eBhabhulona yasendvulo tiyasisita kutsi siphendvule lombuto.

“Yase Icala Kuphila Futsi Yema Ngetinyawo”

13. (a) Emavi latfolakala kuHezekeli 37:10, 14 agcwaliseka njani kusukela nga-537 B.C.E., kuchubeke? (b) Ngumiphi imibhalo lekhombisa kutsi lamanye emalunga embuso wetive letilishumi abuyela ka-Israyeli?

¹³ Kusukela nga-537 B.C.E., emaJuda lebekaseBhabhulona abona kugcwaliseka kwalombono. Kanjani? Jehova wabenta baphila futsi ‘bema ngetinyawo’ ngekutsi abakhulule ekutfunjweni futsi ababuyisele ka-Israyeli. Licembu lema-Israyeli langu-42 360 kanye nalabanye lebebangasiwo ema-Israyeli labangaba ngu-7 000 bashiya iBhabhulona kute bayokwakha kabusha iJerusalema nelithempeli lalo futsi bahlale kulelo live. (Ezra 1:1-4; 2:64, 65; Hez. 37:14) Ngemuva kweminyaka lengaba ngu-70 labatfunjiwe labangaba ngu-1 750 bahamba na-Ezra nakabuyela eJerusalema. (Ezra 8:1-20) Naseka onkhe emaJuda labuyela emuva bekangetulu kwa-44 000—leli ‘bekulibutfo lelikhulu kakhulu.’ (Hez. 37:10) Ngetulu kwaloko, liVi laNkulunkulu liveta kutsi emalunga embuso wetive letilishumi, lawo bokhokho bawo bewatfunjwe ngema-Asiriya ngelikhulu lesi-8 B.C.E., nawo abuyela ka-Israyeli kute asite ekwakheni kabusha lithempeli.—1 Khr. 9:3; Ezra 6:17; Jer. 33:7; Hez. 36:10.

14. (a) Emavi lakuHezekeli 37:24 asisita njani kutsi sicondze sikhatsi sekugcwaliseka kwalesiphrofetho lesibalulekile? (b) Kwentekani nga-1919? (Buka libhokisi lelitsi “‘Ematsambo Lomile’ Kanye ‘Nabofakazi Lababili’—Kuhlobana Njani?”)

¹⁴ Lencenye yesiphrofetho saHezekeli yagcwaliseka njani ngelizinga lelikhulu? Njengobe Jehova embulela Hezekeli esiphrofethweni lesifanako, kugcwaliseka lokukhulu kwalesiphrofetho lesimayelana nekubuyiselwa bekutawenteka esikhatsini lesitsite ngemuva kwekutsi Davide Lomkhulu, lokunguJesu Khristu, acale kubusa njengeNkhosi.b (Hez. 37:24) Ngako, nga-1919 Jehova wafaka umoya wakhe kubantfu bakhe. Umphumela waba kutsi ‘baphila’ futsi bakhululwa ekutfunjweni yiBhabhulona Lenkhulu. (Isa. 66:8) Ngemuva kwaloko, Jehova wabavumela kutsi bahlale ‘eveni’ labo, lokusho kuba nekuthula naNkulunkulu. Nobe kunjalo, bantfu baJehova lamuhla babe njani “libutfo lelikhulu”?

15, 16. (a) Bantfu baJehova esikhatsini salamuhla, babe njani “libutfo lelikhulu”? (b) Lesiphrofetho saHezekeli sisisita njani kutsi sikhone kumelane netimo letimatima ekuphileni? (Buka libhokisi lelitsi “Lokungasisita Sivuke Sime Ngetinyawo.”)

¹⁵ Kungakapheli sikhatsi lesingakanani ngemuva kwekutsi Khristu abeke sisebenti lesetsembekile nga-1919, tinceku taNkulunkulu tacala kubona kugcwaliseka kwemavi aZakhariya umphrofethi lowabuya nema-Israyeli ekutfunjweni, njengobe bekatsi: “Tive letinemandla kanye nebantfu labanyenti batewukhonta Jehova.” Lomphrofethi wachaza labantfu lebebakhonta Jehova ngekutsi ngemadvodza “langu-10 lavela kuto tonkhe tilwimi netive.” Lamadvodza bekatawubambisisa ‘umJuda,’ lokungu-Israyeli waNkulunkulu atsi: “Sifuna kuhamba nani, ngobe sivile kutsi Nkulunkulu unani.”—Zak. 8:20-23.

¹⁶ Lamuhla, Israyeli waNkulunkulu (lokungulabagcotjiwe labasele) kanye ‘nemadvodza langu-10’ (lokunguletinye timvu) bakha “libutfo lelikhulu kakhulu” lelitigidzi letinyenti. (Hez. 37:10) Njengobe singemasotja aKhristu kulelibutfo lelichubeka landza, siyilandzela edvute iNkhosi Jesu, njengobe sibuke tibusiso letisembikwetfu.—Hla. 37:29; Hez. 37:24; Fil. 2:25; 1 Thes. 4:16, 17.